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Alcatraz Escape — Part 5

120 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jan 20, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 118 pages OCR'd
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2 oF [6-288 a7 ———— — lye D ererrpererrcier ron: 561ist M. P. Detachment, San Francisco Presidio, arranged for patrol of the Fort Cronkhite and Kirby Beach areas during the evening of June 15, 1962, and during the daylight hours of June 16, 17, 1962. ‘This area is cn the ocean side of Marin County about 3-4 miles northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Special Agents of the FBI conducted a visual search of the San Francisco coastiine from the Golden Gate Bridge encom- passing the shore from Old Fort Point to the east end of the San 2rancisco Yacht Club on June 13, 14, 1962, ANGEL ISLAND one and one-quarter miles north of Alcatraz Island, between Aleatraz and the Marin County Bay shoreline. It is rugged terrain, parts of which are 750 feet above the water. Only a small part of this island is used as a picnic area and is main- tained by the California State Park Service. ie , 561st M. P. Mis Detachment, San Francisco Presidio, led a detachment of 35 Bee Military Police and soldiers in a search of Angel Island on. et June l2, 19602. A small group of Milita Police 1 jeft on this eee island overnight. On the following ‘ay CA n222 ana available 134 soldiers who worked with S$ al Agents of the FBI =~ in a massive detailed search of Angel Island, including more than 100 deserted buildings. Coupled with this search was a search by Special Agents in small boats of the Angel Island beaches, some of which were inaccessible from the ground. No evidence was an found to indicate the Escapees ever reached this island. DEBRIS BOATS —_ When this investigation was instituted on June 12, 1962, it was arranged that the U. S. Army Corps of Rngineers debris boats, which constantly sweep the Bay of flotsam, would report any suspicious objects retrieved. On June 14, 1962, one of these boats picked up two olive drab wallet type packets from a whirlpool approximately one-half mile east of Alcatraz Island
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